An interview with Matthew Alexander, author of ‘Kill or Capture: How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist,’ who conducted more than 300 interrogations and supervised more than 1,000 in Iraq.

An updated excerpt from ‘The Gulf War Chronicles” describes how, on the second day of ground attacks during Operation Desert Storm, U.S. Marine lieutenant Eddie Ray stalled an Iraqi onslaught, using the 25-mm cannon in his LAV. Then, he counterattacked.

Newly declassified transcripts give details of diplomatic deliberations between the U.S., the Soviet Union and Saddam Hussein

On the Military Channel’s new “Greatest Tank Battles” series, modern CGI technology combines with battle participants’ personal accounts and historians’ perspectives to create dramatic, gripping stories of tank warfare.

During the sixth anniversary of Operation Phantom Fury, the battle to free Fallujah, Iraq, from insurgents’ control, Richard S. Lowry tells what American forces faced, with an excerpt from his book, New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah.

An interview with Maj. Douglas A. Pryer, author of The Fight for the High Ground: the U.S. Army and Interrogation in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003 – April 2004, an expanded version of Pryer’s award-winning Masters Thesis.

A preliminary look at New Dawn, Richard S. Lowry’s new book about the Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury, in Iraq.

Operation Phantom Fury, the second battle for Fallujah, was the largest battle of the Second Gulf War. Author Richard S. Lowry examines the fight on its fifth anniversary.

The troopers of Multi-National Forces Iraq are advising and training their Iraqi counterparts to create a formidable national security structure that will be capable of maintaining internal security and defending Iraqi territory, airspace, and waters

A review of The Accidental Guerrilla, a book by David Kilcullen, acknowledges Kilcullen’s expertise in counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare operations and finds his treatment of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan extremely valuable and unique.

Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Gericke offers four reasons why a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq is strategically important to both America and Iraq.

Executive Producer Alex Holmes talks in an exclusive interview about House of Saddam, a four-hour miniseries that debuts on HBO December 7, 2008. The miniseries examines the life of Iraq’s brutal dictator and the lives of those around him.

We have another letter from our friend serving in Iraq, Russ Vaughn.  As mentioned in an earlier blog post, Russ is back in Iraq for another tour.  I’m providing this as a link to his full article, and I’m including …

Armchair General is fortunate to have some letters sent back from those serving in Iraq. This is from Russ Vaughn, a longtime soldier who has written 8 letters which we have published here.

General David Petraeus’ farewell letter to troops as he turns over command of the Multi-National Force-Iraq to Gen. Ray Odierno.

This month’s Mailbag includes clarification on mine-field clearing in Iraq and photographs of World War II invasion vehicles on Peleliu and Saipan.